November 29, 2012
images © Salto Architects
Remember the Gummi Bears, the cutesy forest-dwelling, potion-drinking bears “bouncing here and there and everywhere“? Well, you won’t need any Gummi Bear juice (long live early 90s cartoon references!) to bounce your way through the Russian forest, thanks to this 170 meter-long trampoline that cuts through the wilderness. “Fast Track” is an outdoor installation by Salto Architects that consists of a giant strip of trampoline stretched along a forest walkway flush with the ground to resemble a sidewalk. Visitors can bounce up and down the wooded area, taking in the sights and sounds like never before. Read more.
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October 15, 2012
Thank AZC for bringing you childhood dreams to life–well, sort of. The architects have designed an inflatable bridge at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, combining the nostalgia and functional play of moon bounces with pragmatic urban concerns (and it might just be the perfect contender for the Architizer A+ Awards Urban Transformation category). Realized in response to ArchTriumph’s ‘Bridge in Paris’ competition, the project invites visitors to engage in a more playful navigation through the City of Romance. Read more.
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August 9, 2011
House of Air is a trampoline-gallery that caters to the “young, energetic and affluent population” of San Francisco.
As an entire nation asks “should we panic?,” the general consensus seems to be that Gen-Y’s “entrepreneurial start-up spirit” will save America. Yet, just how concerned the start-up/tech world is with improving the lot of the general public is dubious – in fact, Twitter recently profited massively by leveraging their business against San Francisco’s city government.
Yesterday we had an auspiciously-timed chat with Mark Horton, the San Francisco architect behind the trampoline city House of Air, who commented on everything from the relative dearth of great architecture patronized by tech entrepreneurs to an indoor ski jump he’s currently designing.
Click through for our full Q&A with Horton (who takes his kids to House of Air so often that he suspects he’s earned his architect’s fee back).
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